Only the Thunder Knows - East End Girls

JournalStone’s DoubleDown series was modeled after the old Ace’s Doubles.  The idea was to pair a seasoned author with an up and coming talent.  One book, two novellas, two authors and two covers.  You literally would end up with two books in one by flipping the book over and starting from the back.

While the two stories are not tied together, each is stand alone, our goal is to have them complimentary in a way that keeps a blend of the same flavor within each book.

DoubleDown Book I

Only the Thunder Knows by Gord Rollo

William (Billy) Burke and William Hare were two real-life, beer-swilling, fist-fighting lowlifes who managed to stumble their way into infamy in Edinburgh, Scotland in the late 1820’s. Step by step, they graduated from the unemployment line to petty thievery, to grave robbing, and then on to cold bloody murder – ultimately becoming Britain’s first documented serial killers.

What history doesn’t know about, or consider is the possibility that Burke and Hare may not have been acting on their own; and the blame for those heinous crimes might not entirely be theirs. Two mysterious strangers have arrived in the city – an old sculptor and a stunningly beautiful actress – both of which use their money and influence to manipulate the young Irishmen into searching for an ancient artifact rumored to have the awesome power of Heaven and Hell combined.

East End Girls by Rena Mason

Seized by the vicious killings of Jack the Ripper, Victorian London’s, East End is on the brink of ruin. Elizabeth Covington, desperate and failing to follow in her beloved father’s footsteps, risks practicing medicine in the dangerous and neglected Whitechapel District to improve her studies. News of a second brutal murder spreads. Elizabeth crosses paths with a man she believes is the villain, triggering a personal downward spiral taking her to a depth of evil she never knew existed. Only she knows the truth that drives the madness of a murderer.

Limited: The Double Down I limited edition is a sewn, case-bound hardcover, that includes 60lb Creekside natural interior paper, a Corona leather-stamped case, and a 100 lb Litho Label Gloss slip cover.  Limited edition with approximately 100 being produced. It will be autographed by both authors (Gord Rollo and Rena Mason). The approximate page count is 280 pages